Executive Assistant Experience & Skillset
“I’m a neutral, and independent advisor to my Executive, who enables the day-to-day management routines that enhance the effectiveness of my boss, and the organisation as a whole. I operate as a business manager in my own right – and I am an integral part of the management team. Moreover, I strive to demonstrate leadership qualities and align my behaviours to this goal accordingly. I am not a business partner as I sit in the core of the business; and I am not an optional extra – my role is mandatory to the success of my Executive. I work in the space of management, allowing my boss to focus on the bigger aspects of leadership.” — Adam Fidler, The Executive Assistant - What I Am
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
Current
Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Inclusive Excellence Whitman College, January 2022 - Current
Past Decade
Executive Assistant to the CEO, Valdemar Family Estates, *dates* (2008 - 2011)
Executive Assistant to the Vice Chair, UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, University of California, Los Angeles (2008 - 2011)
The Post-College Years
Admissions Assistant, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Graduate Coordinator, American Film Institute Graduate Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant to Literary Agent, The Gersh Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
Assistant to Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Jinks Cohen, Universal Studios, CA
Assistant to Gail Mutrux and Neil LaBute, Pretty Pictures, Universal Studios, CA
Assistant to East Coast Film Buyer and Manager of The Paris Theatre, Jeffrey Jacobs, New York, NY
Assistant to Commercial Agents, The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, CA
Assistant to Below-The-Line Agent Louisa Thompson, Peters Fraser + Dunlop, London, UK
Assistant to Head of the Presenters Division, Curtis Brown Group, London, UK
The College Years
Academic Advisor, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Production Office Assistant, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, Santa Barbara, CA